http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Nintendo_DSi_XL_to_get_Classic_Books_App/551-109571-585.html

yeah, b/c today's kids - when faced with the monumental decision between video games or reading - will ALWAYS choose reading...riiiight...LoL

yeah, b/c today's kids - when faced with the monumental decision between video games or reading - will ALWAYS choose reading...riiiight...LoL

My daughter will almost always choose reading. The Wii and Xbox actually gather dust while her book collection never gets a chance to.


Luqman

yeah, b/c today's kids - when faced with the monumental decision between video games or reading - will ALWAYS choose reading...riiiight...LoL

:) Well I have to twist my boys arm to read, but my daughter regularly chooses reading over video games. That's not to say she doesn't enjoy video games quite the opposite.

Hmm.

They expect you to PAY for public domain books?

Hmm.

They expect you to PAY for public domain books?

Since there is no reader app on the DS you are paying for the read app with the books. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Classic_Book_Collection

Dale

Since there is no reader app on the DS you are paying for the read app with the books. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Classic_Book_Collection

Dale

There is a reader app (and a very good one) on the DS/NDS/etc if you have a flashcart.

dslibris:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndslibris/

It reads xhtml and epub (with varying, but most very good, results). This is the homebrew scene that Nintendo says does not exist and that therefore the ONLY purpose for flashcarts is to steal Nintendo software.

I've been thinking about a DS and a flash cart JUST for the homebrew. Like with my GBA, I've used it for years, and I've never owned one GBA game. Only ever done homebrew.

You can be legal and free.

There is a reader app (and a very good one) on the DS/NDS/etc if you have a flashcart.

dslibris:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndslibris/

It reads xhtml and epub (with varying, but most very good, results). This is the homebrew scene that Nintendo says does not exist and that therefore the ONLY purpose for flashcarts is to steal Nintendo software.

I have had a DS Lite with a flashcart (R4) for a few years, but did not know of this app. I got it and .... wow! I slapped some ePubs on it, and it works really good. Quickly adjustable backlight, fonts, font size, reverse (black background, white letters) and bookmarks. Uses both screens so it actually holds more text than my iPhone... and has much better battery life.... I love it... now I have yet another option for reading!

Thanks for the heads up on this, can't believe I didn't know about it...

I have had a DS Lite with a flashcart (R4) for a few years, but did not know of this app. I got it and .... wow! I slapped some ePubs on it, and it works really good. Quickly adjustable backlight, fonts, font size, reverse (black background, white letters) and bookmarks. Uses both screens so it actually holds more text than my iPhone... and has much better battery life.... I love it... now I have yet another option for reading!

Thanks for the heads up on this, can't believe I didn't know about it...

It isn't widely advertised outside the flashcart nerd world.

It isn't perfect with epubs. I've found that epubs I make with Calibre from document files that I've edited myself tend to work better than stuff from some of the 'sameday convert from Gutenberg' sites.

There is a reader app (and a very good one) on the DS/NDS/etc if you have a flashcart.

dslibris:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndslibris/

It reads xhtml and epub (with varying, but most very good, results). This is the homebrew scene that Nintendo says does not exist and that therefore the ONLY purpose for flashcarts is to steal Nintendo software.

sure, There are actually several reader apps available but they require a bit of hacking and are not standardly available from Nintendo. You can read about it in our own wiki Nintendo DS. That doesn't change the fact that the thread is actually about a cartidge that includes 100 books and an app that you can just buy and plug in, and the fact that it may be standard on the new device.

Dale

sure, There are actually several reader apps available but they require a bit of hacking and are not standardly available from Nintendo. You can read about it in our own wiki Nintendo DS. That doesn't change the fact that the thread is actually about a cartidge that includes 100 books and an app that you can just buy and plug in, and the fact that it may be standard on the new device.

Dale

No, it doesn't change that fact.

It also doesn't change the fact that ANY Nintendo DS is capable of reading books and reading them quite well with a small hardware addition, the flashcart.

There is no shortage of people who own flashcarts and might find the info useful.

In my opinion the minor thread diversion is justified.

It isn't widely advertised outside the flashcart nerd world.

It isn't perfect with epubs. I've found that epubs I make with Calibre from document files that I've edited myself tend to work better than stuff from some of the 'sameday convert from Gutenberg' sites.

True. I convert all mine in Calibre and frankly some format better on the DS than they do on my PRS-300 Sony reader. The only thing I changed was I went into the DSLibre config file and changed the margin settings. It was wasting to much screen space with the "stock" settings.... thanks again for the great find!

I used that app for a bit while I had a DS. It worked fine, but the DS went to a better home ("my little cousins"), since I wasn't using it for games...

Flashcart?

Gunner...

Flashcart?

Gunner...

I'm a little confused about that also. I went searching for information and still, I'm confused. Some of the DS forums are not very nice to newbies or talk over their heads and never come back to the post to help. The base knowledge of the newbies was higher than mine, so I didn't bother to post questions, if that was how members answered those newbies.

I did get something about being careful about the type card you buy (check that the website on the box is spelled correctly, as there are rip off sellers).

I'm usually pretty good about finding and filtering information, but this was something I'm going to need step by little step instructions to do. It's something that looks like it would be fun to be able to do...
Makes me want to have younger kids around again just to explain / show it to me.:p

Flashcart?

Gunner...

Read our wiki Nintendo DS. It explains what a flashcart is and why it isn't standard release.

Dale

Flashcart?

Gunner...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS_storage_devices

Basically it allows you to run non-Nintendo applications, called 'homebrew', on your DS/DS Lite/etc.

I'm a little confused about that also. I went searching for information and still, I'm confused. Some of the DS forums are not very nice to newbies or talk over their heads and never come back to the post to help. :p

That is often because the very first question the noobs ask is "how can I rip Nintendo games". This gets annoying after the 50th time and is also pretty stupid on their publicly accessible forum and is absolutely something that we don't ever want on Mobileread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS_storage_devices
is pretty good.

I have had a DS Lite with a flashcart (R4) for a few years, but did not know of this app. I got it and .... wow! I slapped some ePubs on it, and it works really good. Quickly adjustable backlight, fonts, font size, reverse (black background, white letters) and bookmarks. Uses both screens so it actually holds more text than my iPhone... and has much better battery life.... I love it... now I have yet another option for reading!

Thanks for the heads up on this, can't believe I didn't know about it...

Thanks for the information, I had already installed DSlibris in my son's DS but I had understood that the format of the books should be xml.

More stuff related to DS and reading:
pdf rader:
http://ands-pdf.blogspot.com/
comic book reader:
http://gnese.free.fr/NDS/ComicBookDS/?language=en

Regards.

Thanks for the information, I had already installed DSlibris in my son's DS but I had understood that the format of the books should be xml.

More stuff related to DS and reading:
pdf rader:
http://ands-pdf.blogspot.com/
comic book reader:
http://gnese.free.fr/NDS/ComicBookDS/?language=en

Regards.

The earliest versions of DSlibris only used xhtml. This was a pain to create documents in and not much else used it. So the developers were pursuaded to add epub.

The current version is 1.4.9 (although the version it displays on startup is 1.4.5) from here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndslibris/

The earliest versions of DSlibris only used xhtml. This was a pain to create documents in and not much else used it. So the developers were pursuaded to add epub.

The current version is 1.4.9 (although the version it displays on startup is 1.4.5) from here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndslibris/

Thanks!!!!!!

That is often because the very first question the noobs ask is "how can I rip Nintendo games". This gets annoying after the 50th time and is also pretty stupid on their publicly accessible forum and is absolutely something that we don't ever want on Mobileread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS_storage_devices
is pretty good.

Thank you for the information.

banjomike
DaleDe

Thanks.

Gunner...